Swing



Jul 15, 1947. lTH 2,423,950

' SWING Filed Nov. 20, 1943 jlliam l Smilh MMMM,

Patented July 15, 1947 SWING William I. Smith, Perrysburg, Ohio, assignor to The Hettrick Manufacturing Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 20, 1943, Serial No. 511,082

This invention relates to porch swings, but more particularly to porch swings having two seats facing each other supported for conjoint to and fro swinging movement, and an object is to produce swing of this character in which the to and fro swinging movement is improved and in the nature of a relatively smooth and easy lide.

Other objects reside in details of construction, arrangement and operation hereinafter more fully described, and for purposes of illustration but not of limitation, an embodiment of the in vention is shown on the accomp nying drawings in which Figurel is a side elevation of the swing;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation showing one side of the swing and indicating in broken lines the forward position of the swing; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragment of one end of the swing and showing particularly the link suspension, the section being taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 with portion I and leg II removed for purposes of illustration.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a two seater swing with the seats facing each other and in which the supporting standard consists of tubing having a central floor engaging portion IIl, from the ends of which rise legs I I. The upper ends of the legs I I are joined to horizontal pieces l2, The rear ends of the horizontal portions are joined to downwardly extending portions I3. The low ends of the downwardly extending legs I3 connect to horizontally extending floor engaging portions I4 which connect at the opp osite'sides of the swing to similar legs I3. It will be understood that the supporting standard is the same for opposite sides of the swing.

From the above description it will be apparent that the supporting standard may be of a single length of tubing or if desired to facilitate shipment, portions of the standard may telescope to enable the structure to be disassembled for transportation purposes.

Suspended from the horizontal portions I2 are seat units A and B which are of similar construction. Each of these units comprises one or more seat and back units I5 which are secured to tubular side pieces I6 which are in the form of a U having vertically spaced horizontal portions I1 and I8 joined at the front by a vertical portion I9. An angle bar 20 connects the rear ends of the horizontal portions I6 and to this angle bar is secured the adjacent portions of the seat units [5. A sheet metal brace 2| connects respectively 1 Claim. (01. 155-61) to the horizontal portion I! and vertical portion I 9 and is suitably welded in place for strengthening purposes. A tubular rod 22 extends horizontally from one brace 2| to the other and is suitably !bolted in position. An angle bar 23 connects the spaced vertical portions I9 and provides a support for the front end portion of the seat structure I5.

A pair of hangers 24 and 25 are pivoted to each of the horizontal portions I2 of the supporting standard and incline downwardly to the horizontal frame portion I! to which they are pivoted. It will be noted that the hangers 2 land 25 converge downwardly so that the pivotal connections between the hangers and the frame portion H are closer together than the pivotal connections between the hangers and the horizontal portion I2 of the supporting standard, The arrangement of the hangers illustrated has been found empirically to afford a most satisfactory to and fro swinging movement free from objectionable jumpy motion.

It will be understood that the above description has been given in connection with one of the gliders, but the structure of the other glider in facing relation is identical so that further description thereof is not necessary.

Connecting the two glider units is a platform 26 which is spaced below the horizontal portions ll of the glider structures A and B. The platform comprises a series of horizontal braces 2'1 on which are connected a series of laterally disposed closely spaced slats 28. Fixed to the outermost braces 21 are metal hangers 29 which are suitably secured as by screws at the lower ends to the end portions of the braces 21 and extend vertically upward and terminate in outwardly bent hooks to hook over the adjacent cross rod 22. The ends 29a of hooks 29 are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. It will be understood that there are four hangers 29, two being provided for the cross rod 22 of each of the units A and B. In this manner the two units A and B are connected and persons sitting on the units A and B bracing their feet on the platform 26 can produce a free and easy, smooth gliding action. Figure 2 somewhat illustrates this movement which it will be observed, is free from substantial undulating action, this being to a large extent due to the hangers 24 and 25 and the manner in which they connect to the supporting standard and to the units A and B as above described.

From the above description, it will be manifest that I have produced. an exceedingly simple and relatively inexpensive swing which can, on a production basis, be produced at a relatively low cost. The ease with which the swinging action can be started and the smooth and comfortable glide are important features of the structure.

It is to be understood that numerous changes in details of construction, arrangement and operation may be effected without departing from the spirit of the invention especially as defined in the appendedclaim.

What I claim is:

A swing comprising a pair of facing back and seat assemblies, each assembly having a horizon: tally disposed frame part arranged at each side and forming the lower end of the assembly, a vertically disposed frame part arranged at each side and forming the front of the assembly, a diagonal brace between each of the adjacent horizontally and vertically disposed frame parts, and a horizontal rod disposed crosswise at the front of the frame part and secured at its ends to said diagonal braces, a supporting standard including a horizontal member arranged above each frame part, legs extending downwardly from each end of said horizontal members, a central floor engaging member connecting the lower ends of adjacent legs, a floor engaging member connecting the lower end of the other leg and the corresponding leg on the other side of thestandard,

members on said hangers loosely and pivotally engaging the adjacent horizontal rod.

WILLIAM I. SMITH.

anF RENcEs CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 712,924 Geyer Nov. 4, 1902 671,277 Fry Apr. 2, 1901 1,5 i6,085 Kish July 14, 1925 1,379,566 Holland May 2 1, 1921 2,311,482 Smith Feb. 16, 1913 2,271,440 Nelems Jan. 27, 1942 D. 136,304 Smith Sept, '7, 1943 

